Set during World War II, 'Allo 'Allo tells thestory of Ren� Artois, a French caf� owner in the village of Nouvion(the town square scenes were filmed at Lynford Hall, Norfolk). Germanshave occupied the village and stolen all of its valuable artifacts.These include the first cuckoo clock ever made and a painting of TheFallen Madonna (known to those who have seen it as The Fallen Madonnawith the Big Boobies) by Van Klomp. The commandant of the town hasdecided to keep them for himself after the war and gets Ren� to hidethe painting in his caf�. Hitler also wants the painting for himself,and sends Herr Otto Flick of the Gestapo to the town to find it. Flick,in turn, conspires to keep it for himself.season 1